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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.5251,Lat: 41.2139
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	3:21:34am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cataluña
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Tarragona
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vendrell, El

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 El Vendrell	0.8 km	NorthEast
2 Sant Vicenç de Calders	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 El Sanatori	2.4 km	East
4 El Camí dels Molins	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 El Molí del Blanquillo	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Andorra	Andorra	143 km	North
2 Madrid	Spain	448 km	West
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	559 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Balearic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Internal Basins of Catalonia. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Pantano de Foix (Pantà de Foix) (0.5 km² at a height of around 423 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 131.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 184 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 84%, hill: 12%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reus Airport (at a distance of 31 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

3.2%

Nature

19.7 km2

26.9%

Agriculture

15.3 km2

20.9%

Viticulture

15.4 km2

21.1%

Urban area

18.4 km2

25.2%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Francàs in country Spain

El Francàs at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco	Spain	25 km	WestSouthWest
2 Poblet Monastery	Spain	42 km	WestNorthWest
3 Works of Antoni Gaudí	Spain	57 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Massís de Bonastre	ES	1.3 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at el Vendrell

Type of weather in el Vendrell	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	07:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:29 Europe/Amsterdam